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Life review following critical illness in young men
Author(s) -
Jones Colin,
Lyons Christina,
Cunningham Cliff
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2003.00040.x
Subject(s) - critical illness , medicine , intensive care medicine , gerontology , psychology , critically ill
Summary • Surviving events that have posed a serious threat to life can result in major psychological problems during the recovery period • Younger patients, with years of life ahead of them, are at risk of depression and loss of self‐esteem following their ordeal, despite their physical recovery • Traditional forms of counselling and psychotherapy following traumatic events can sometimes carry a stigma and be viewed as ‘disease centred’ • Reminiscence and life review therapies, used until now, with the elderly, appear to have valuable transferable benefits to younger survivors of critical illness • Life review and reminiscent interventions are holistic and person centred, techniques resonating with the essence of critical care nursing • Life review and reminiscence can be used therapeutically from an early stage to help minimize the negative psychological effects of being critically ill